V. V. Tul’cheev, S. V. Zhevora, N. N. Gordienko, O. G. Kazakov
Russian Potato Research Centre, ul. Lorkha, 23, pos. Kraskovo, Lyubertsy, Moskovskaya obl., 140051, Russian Federation
Abstract. The research aimed to analyse the dynamics of cost and consumer prices, trends in exports and imports of potatoes and potato products for 2015-2019 to determine the prospects for the development of the potato subcomplex based on the creation of agricultural production and trade cooperatives (APTC), agro-industrial enterprises (AIE) and associations (AIA). Nowadays, in many regions of Russia, up to 90% of the total number of agricultural enterprises in the country are small agricultural enterprises that supply more than 50-60% of all agricultural products grown in Russia to the market. In the structure of potato sales in 2015-2019 in the Russian Federation, the share of agricultural enterprises accounted for 40.6%, for enterprises of small forms of business – 59.4%. At the same time, the margin of trade enterprises exceeds the prices of producers by more than 2 times. Therefore, the most effective sales channel for seed potato, ware potato and potato products is the sale in our own distribution network without intermediaries. The excess of imports over exports of ware potato on average over 5 years amounted to 239 thousand tons, or by 2.2 times. Imports of potato products for this period amounted to 138.3 thousand tons, and exports – 26.9 thousand tons, or 5.1 times less. It is necessary to ensure the mass creation in all 82 regions of the Russian Federation of modern highly profitable non-waste APTCs, AIEs and AIAs with the concentration in the "field – consumer" system under the "one roof" of the storage complex up to 90% of all labour costs and funds to produce products sold.
Keywords: small farms; agricultural enterprises; cooperation; agro-industrial integration; potatoes; potato products; export; import; quality; price; competitiveness.
Author Details: V. V. Tul’cheev, D. Sc. (Econ.), chief research fellow; S. V. Zhevora, D. Sc. (Agr.), director; N. N. Gordienko, post graduate student, research fellow; O. G. Kazakov, Cand. Sc. (Agr.), senior research fellow (e-mail: Этот адрес электронной почты защищён от спам-ботов. У вас должен быть включен JavaScript для просмотра.).
For citation: Tul’cheev VV, Zhevora SV, Gordienko NN, et al. [Market of potatoes and potato products in Russia] Dostizheniya nauki i tekhniki APK. 2022;36(7):97-100. Russian. doi: 10.53859/02352451_2022_36_7_97.